From Nextgov.com: Defense urged to develop warfighting systems quicker to keep up in cyberspace
Lengthy software development cycle fails to account for rapidly changing requirements , official says.
The Defense Department must change the way it develops software systems to get programs and tools to "the corporal on the street" in a matter of days, rather than on the current multiyear cycle, Marine Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a speech in Northern Virginia on Wednesday.